Laura Olive Sampson

Brief Life History of Laura Olive

When Laura Olive Sampson was born in 1828, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Benjamin W Sampson, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Weed, was 29.

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Benjamin W Sampson
1800–1876
Sarah Weed
1799–1846
Daniel F. Sampson
1822–1905
Edmund W. Sampson
1824–1888
James W Sampson
1826–1870
Laura Olive Sampson
1828–
Benjamin W Sampson Jr
1830–1830
Lurana M Sampson
1831–1906
David Benjamin Sampson
1833–1920
Joshua Sampson
1836–1919
Jonathan W. Sampson
1837–1918
Theadosia M Sampson
1839–
Joseph H. Sampson
1842–1901

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    World Events (3)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1830 · The Oregon Trail

    Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

    1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

    The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

    Name Meaning

    English, Welsh, and Jewish: variant of Samson . The -p- was introduced in the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew name Shimshon.

    English: of Norman origin, a habitational name from any of the French places called Saint-Samson (Seine-Maritime, Calvados), including Saint-Samson-de-Bonfosse (Manche) and Saint-Samson-de-la-Roque (Eure), so called from the dedication of their churches to Saint Samson of Dol, the Welsh bishop (see Samson ).

    Americanized form of French, Breton, German, and Dutch Samson .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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